Nawab-of-Lucknow-used-to-play-colors-in-a-silver-plate-and-bowl – News18 Hindi

Report-Anjali Singh Rajput
Luck now. The Nawabs of Lucknow were as royal as their pastimes. This is the reason why the Nawabs of this place did not play with the colors of a pitcher or a bucket, but rather they were kept in silver plates and bowls filled with colors. Hence people used to pick up and throw colors on each other and celebrate Holi. Evidence of this is found in the shop of a Chowk silversmith whose name is Panna Lal. Even today, the rare Holi items used by Nawab Asafuddaula, Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow are kept here.

1- The color is always on the plate
Even today, the color of this period is applied to the royal silver plate. It is said that on the day of Holi, Nawab Asafuddaula’s wife used to bring colors to him in this plate and used to take the color out of this plate and apply it to him first. After that Nawab would also color his wife with that plate and after that he would take that plate outside and color others.

2- The color has been preserved in this bowl
During the time of the Nawabs, different colors were kept in these royal silver bowls. This arrangement was specially designed for all Begums. All the Begums and other women in the palace played with the colors in these bowls.

3- It was a special silver pot
This pot would belong to Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. The Pannalal goldsmith of this shop said it was used by Wajid Ali Shah. Especially for drinking sorbet. Pannalal said his ancestors gave him all these things.

4- This glass was special for slaves
The glass you see in the picture, all these glasses are filled with sherbet on the day of Holi, especially by the sixth Nawab of Awadh, Saadat Ali Khan.

5- Shagun was given in small boxes
Just as in the Hindu religion, vermilion is filled in boxes as a sign of omen, in the same way, at that time, in these small silver boxes, the wives of Nawab Asaf-ud-daula used to s offer colors before playing Holi.

6- Saadat Ali received color by completing this
That royal silver utensil hanging on a chain that you see in front of you, actually it’s a kind of little jug, you can call it. In this, Nawab Saadat Ali was gifted with colors during his first public Holi.

7- Used to light it up at night
These two small lamps you see were actually lit by the Nawabs of Lucknow when it was dark and many similar lamps were lit at night in every palace of the Nawabs.

Note – Pannalal, the owner of this shop claims that all these items are from the time of the Nawabs.

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